NFX 0033 EUROPE 2
01. Sedge Warbler ( Acrocephalus schoenobaenus ) 1'45"
CU song, Rooks, Wren and Cuckoo in distance. USE: W. Europe to E. Russia. TIME: late April-June.
02. Sedge Warbler ( Acrocephalus schoenobaenus ) 2'05"
CU song, Rooks, Wren, Woodpigeons, Pheasant and Grey Heron in distance. USE: W & E Europe. TIME: As 1.
03. Sedge Warbler ( Acrocephalus schoenobaenus ) 3'37"
CU song, distant Rooks, Wren, Skylark and Pheasant, song with some mimicry. USE & TIME: As track 2.
04. Sedge Warbler ( Acrocephalus schoenobaenus ) 4'06"
CU song, distant Rooks, Skylark, another Sedge Warbler, Grey Heron and Pheasant. USE & TIME: As track 2.
05. Sedge Warbler ( Acrocephalus schoenobaenus ) 1'14"
CU song, distant Rooks, Cuckoo and another Sedge Warbler, faint car at start. USE & TIME: As track 1.
06. Nightingale ( Luscinia megarhynchos ) 1'36"
CU song, faint Robin in b/g. USE: S & W Europe, S. England only, Turkey to Iran. TIME: late April-mid June.
07. Chiffchaff ( Phylloscopus collybita ) 1'40"
CU calls from adult and recently fledged chicks, still begging for food, Woodpigeons, Blackbirds and Chaffinches in b/g, wind in trees. USE: Europe, except Iceland and Iberia. TIME: Mid May- early June and mid July-early August.
08. Farmland, Hedgerow, Copse, Edge of woodland atmosphere 2'16"
Song Thrush, Woodpigeons, Blackbirds, Chiffchaff, Crows, Blue Tits and Pheasant, faint chickens in distance. USE: W & E Europe. TIME: April-July.
09. Nightingale ( Luscinia megarhynchos ) 4'04"
CU song, Chiffchaff in b/g, another Nightingale in distance with Woodpigeons, Pheasant and other birds. USE & TIME: As track 6, except Iberia.
10. Nightingale ( Luscinia megarhynchos ) 2'50"
CU song, distant Blue Tit, Blackbird, Chiffchaff and other birds. USE & TIME: As track 9.
11. Whooper Swan ( Cygnus cygnus ) 5'20"
CU-MCU calls, excited calls and trumpeting near to feeding time, distant Mallard, Wigeon and Coot. USE: UK, S. Sweden, N. France to N. Poland. TIME: Winter.
12. Whooper Swan ( Cygnus cygnus ) 5'04"
CU-MCU excited calls prior to being fed, birds flying in and movement in water, calls from Coot, Mallard, Pochard and Tufted Ducks, Mallard MCU at times. USE & TIME: As track 11, or in wildfowl park.
13. Deciduous, Mixed Woodland atmosphere 3'19"
Calls and alarm calls from Robin, Blackbird, Blue and Great Tits, distant Jay, Nuthatch, Song Thrush and Crows, faint traffic at times. USE: W & E Europe. TIME: Early morning, January-April. Could be used up until June.
14. Jay ( Garrulus glandarius ) 2'51"
Deciduous, Mixed Woodland atmosphere, Mobbing. Loud alarm calls from Jays with perplexed/conversational calls at end, alarm calls from Blue Tits and Blackbirds, distant Raven, Marsh and Great Tits and other birds. USE & TIME: As track 13.
15. Deciduous, Mixed Woodland atmosphere 3'54"
Calls from Blue, Marsh and Great Tits, Nuthatches, Blackbird, distant Crows, faint traffic, slight wind in trees, ocassional distant dog. USE & TIME: As track 13.
16. Deciduous, Mixed Woodland atmosphere 1'38"
Great Tit song, alarm from Blackbird, other birds in distance. USE & TIME: As track 13.
17. Robin ( Erithacus rubecula ) 0'41"
CU alarm calls, high pitched - also given as aerial preditor alarm, Blue and Great Tits in b/g. USE: Europe, except north, to Urals and northern Middle East. TIME: Any.
18. Adonis Blue Butterfly ( Lysandra bellargus ) 1'21" Mono
Sounds made by pupae, female touching another female. Range: S & C Europe, local in S. England.
19. Adonis Blue Butterfly ( Lysandra bellargus ) 0'53" Mono
Sounds made by male pupae. Range: S & C Europe, local in S. England.
20. Adonis Blue Butterfly ( Lysandra bellargus ) 3'16" Mono
Sounds made by pupae, male touching female. Range: S & C Europe, local in S. England.
21. Adonis Blue Butterfly ( Lysandra bellargus ) 0'55" Mono
22. Adonis Blue Butterfly ( Lysandra bellargus ) 2'19" Mono
Sounds made by pupae, female touching another female. Range: S & C Europe, local in S. England. NOTE: Adonis Blue: the larger pupae are treated as female, the smaller as male.
23. Swallowtail Butterfly ( Papilio machaon ) 1'39" Mono
Squeaks when touched. Range: From N. Africa across Europe and temperate Asia to Japan.
24. Swallowtail Butterfly ( Papilio machaon ) 1'13" Mono
Squeaks and slower squeaks when touched. Range: From N. Africa across Europe and temperate Asia to Japan.
25. Swallowtail Butterfly ( Papilio machaon ) 0'56" Mono
Rasping sounds. Range: From N. Africa across Europe and temperate Asia to Japan.
26. Brown Hairstreak Butterfly ( Thecla betulae ) 1'05" Mono
Rattles, squeaks and clicks. Range: Northern southern and western Europe to eastern Russia.
27. Brown Hairstreak Butterfly ( Thecla betulae ) 0'59" Mono
Rattles. Range: Northern southern and western Europe to eastern Russia.
28. Brown Hairstreak Butterfly ( Thecla betulae ) 1'17" Mono
Thumps and rattles. Range: Northern southern and western Europe to eastern Russia.
29. Brown Hairstreak Butterfly ( Thecla betulae ) 0'41" Mono
Thumps, rattles and burst. Range: Northern southern and western Europe to eastern Russia.
30. Brown Hairstreak Butterfly ( Thecla betulae ) 1'06" Mono
Taps and rattles. Range: Northern southern and western Europe to eastern Russia.
31. Brown Hairstreak Butterfly ( Thecla betulae ) 1'03" Mono
Fast rattles. Range: Northern southern and western Europe to eastern Russia.
32. Brown Hairstreak Butterfly ( Thecla betulae ) 0'48" Mono
Fast rattles and burst. Range: Northern southern and western Europe to eastern Russia.
33. Brown Hairstreak Butterfly ( Thecla betulae ) 0'59" Mono
Deeper fast rattle and pulse. Range: Northern southern and western Europe to eastern Russia.
34. Brown Hairstreak Butterfly ( Thecla betulae ) 1'02" Mono
Scratchy fast rattles, taps and burst. Range: Northern southern and western Europe to eastern Russia.
35. Brown Hairstreak Butterfly ( Thecla betulae ) 1'42" Mono
Deeper scratchy rattles, taps of various pitches and bursts. Range: Northern southern and western Europe to E. Russia.
36. White-letter Hairstreak Butterfly ( Strymonidia w-album ) 1'06" Mono
Deep rattles and pulses. Range: As track 35.
Recorded: Somerset Levels, 18-20/5/97. Welney, Norfolk, 12/1/96. Forest of Dean, 26/1/97, Bristol, 17/6/96. Recorded by Nigel Tucker. Recorded digitally in Left & Right Stereo, or Mono where stated.